"On the contrary, I do. Though the option is an impossibility, I wish to remain here. I care for this ship and its crew as much as yourself." He had to correct him. He didn't want to go through court martial, shame his family house (or what was left of it), ultimately having to pick between suicide or eternal failure for the rest of his life. But he had enough remaining sense to know that reality had come to that. "That is why I have suggested a suitable replacement."